April 23, 2024
Columns

Must the Cheonan wreck torpedo inter-Korean ties?

Truly honoring the dead means not sacrificing Korea’s future to its past

How time flies. Can it really be five years since the Cheonan was sunk?

It seems like just yesterday I heard the news: from the BBC, who wanted an interview. So I hurried to my local studio with – as quite often, in truth – little to go on by way of hard fact, let alone explanation. (Bear this in mind whenever you hear us media pundits pontificating.)

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